scrimshawanyone who's spent any time at all using both will tell you jumping is not as powerful. jumping with the original is slower because the explosion is further away from you.
here's a demo i've just recorded of me jumping from patio to spire fence on badlands(one of the hardest max distance jumps i know, if you know any harder jumps please share) with both launchers and I was equally successful with both.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/60781878/patio2spire.rar